Is it really that hard to get pregnant over 40?
It seems like every time I turn around, I am reading about how wome over 40 need to "run, not walk" to the nearest fertility clinic. The media likes to jump on the bandwagon and write stories of how hard it will be to get pregnant. However, the fact is that the unexpected rate of pregnancy in women over 40 is second only to teenagers! Before the days of birth control, having a baby over 40 was fairly routine. Granted, it may have been the last child of a large family, but the fact remains that women over 40, assuming they are still ovulating can be very fertile.
